British, Argentine Relations Improve With Vp Trip To Uk

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January 30, 2000

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The country's new vice president, Carlos Alvarez, said he has accepted an invitation to travel to the United Kingdom to study the management style of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Alvarez said last week he was interested in discussing ways to modernize government operations, stimulate the creation of small- and medium-sized businesses, improve the education system and develop the high technology sector.

The trip represents a further step in building closer relations between the two countries.

Britain and Argentina fought a 10-week war in 1982 over the British-run Falkland Islands.

The islands, which Argentines call the Malvinas, have been the subject of a territorial dispute since 1833.